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Informal opinion into the notification requirements of the Dutch Telecommunication act

Launch date:02 September 2016

Modified at:10 May 2016

Language(s):
Dutch

"In this letter, ACM gives – after a request of an operator – an informal opinion assessing three specific variants of communication-application services. Are these variants covered by the registration requirement of the Dutch Telecommunication act?
ACM assesses if a variant is covered by the registration requirement of the Dutch Telecommunication act based on two criteria:
1. Is the provider offering an electronic communication service? That is the case when the provider accepts accountability to the end-user for transferring a signal of the service via an electronic communication network.
2. Is the service available to the public? When everyone can accept the offer of the service provider, the service is available to the public.
Informal opinion on three specific variants
1. ACM states that one of the variants is not an electronic communication service.
2. The other variant is a public electronic communication service.
3. ACM is unable to say if the third variant of the service is an electronic communication service. This is a custom variant for which ACM does not have enough information to express an opinion."